South Regional Meeting - 19 November 2010

South Regional Meeting - Creating Successful ICT Partnerships

Socitm South Regional Event - Friday 19 November 2010

Creating Successful ICT Partnerships

We have a very topical and highly relevant regional event for you on 19 November that will focus on issues we are all dealing with in creating partnership vehicles for joint working. Amanda Lewis from the SNR Denton Law Firm is a top international lawyer with expertise in legal frameworks for government partnerships and will provide the keynote. We will also cover joint ICT procurements, a case study on creating a joint ICT team across more than one authority, and an update on the South East 7 consortium ICT stream.

This will be an excellent opportunity to discuss potential partnership opportunities with peers and colleagues from around the South East. Please invite and register any Legal and Procurement colleagues with an interest in Partnership and Consortium Agreements, OJEU and other procurement vehicles, and those interested in ICT service collaboration.

Please register with Marilyn Rogers so we can plan numbers for the event.

How to Create Successful ICT Partnerships

Presentations from:

Amanda Lewis - Partner SNR Denton, Catherine Bingham - Partner SNR
Denton, Mark Bassett - Partner SNR Denton
Paul Jennings, Support and Delivery Manager, Surrey County Council
Greg Austin, ICT Business Systems Manager and Socitm South Chair
Chris Morton, Socitm Consulting update
Bernard Gudgin, Membership update
Mark Gawley, ICT Services Manager, Adur District and Worthing Borough Councils

Agenda for regional event

Agenda Items 1 and 4 - Opening presentation introducing the event, including agenda, sponsors and Socitm Business.

Agenda Item 2 - Creating Partnership Legal Frameworks - Amanda Lewis Partner SNR Denton, Catherine Bingham Partner SNR Denton and Mark Bassett, Partner SNR Denton

This presentation covers; Types of partnerships, Definition, Procurement law implications and How they work. It contains some of the most common frameworks that can be adopted by Local Authorities and presents them in simple models.

Agenda Item 3 - The South East 7 Partnership - Paul Jennings, Support and Delivery Manager, Surrey County Council

Paul presents on the current challenges that face Surrey County Council and an update/overview of the partnership work being undertaken by the South East 7 (SE7). A partnership of seven councils that have committed to working together to improve the quality of services and to achieve savings.

Agenda Item 5 - Creating a Shared ICT Service - Mark Gawley, ICT Services Manager, Adur District and Worthing Borough Councils Partnership

Mark talks us through how the Shared ICT Service came into being from the Business case, to the Authorities joint Management and Member structures. It includes what pitfalls to avoid and some key issues that needed addressing, from HR to Finances. This is a 'live' working partnership which has been running for several years.

Agenda ( 124.51 KB PDF)